| The Best of Archy and Mehitabel: Introduction by E. B. White Contributor(s): Marquis, Don (Author), White, E. B. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0307700925 ISBN-13: 9780307700926 Publisher: Everyman's Library OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 811.52 |
| LCCN: 2011023498 |
| Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 4.5" W x 6.54" (0.46 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A selection of the best of the hilarious free-verse poems by the irreverent cockroach poet Archy and his alley-cat pal Mehitabel. Don Marquis's famous fictional insect appeared in his newspaper columns from 1916 into the 1930s, and he has delighted generations of readers ever since. A poet in a former life, Archy was reincarnated as a bug who expresses himself by diving headfirst onto a typewriter. His sidekick Mehitabel is a streetwise feline who claims to have been Cleopatra in a previous life. As E. B. White wrote in his now-classic introduction, the Archy poems "contain cosmic reverberations along with high comedy" and have "the jewel-like perfection of poetry." Adorned with George Herriman's whimsical illustrations and including White's introduction, our Pocket Poets selection--the only hardcover Archy and Mehitabel in print--is a beautiful volume, and perfectly sized for its tiny hero. |